Amy Miranda
Amy Miranda is a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence and a staff member in their Mission Advancement office. Amy is a 1998 graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. After serving in marketing and communication for the Sisters of Providence for nearly 25 years, Amy now serves as the Congregation's annual giving manager.
HOPE winter 2020 — The needs in our backyards
We each see from where we stand. Sometimes it requires movement to be able to see from someone else’s perspective. In this issue of HOPE magazine, we take a look at some of the issues that surround us. We explore transformations that some of our sisters have experienced in their lives that have led them to looking with fresh eyes at the needs of people around them.
Providence Associates: addressing the needs in our backyards
We asked Providence Associates from around the country to tell us about an issue in “their own backyard” that they are passionate about. Here several Providence Associates share about a need and how they are responding.
Celebrating our senior jubilarians!
On Tuesday, Dec. 17 the Sisters of Providence celebrated the sisters who had been Sisters of Providence for 75, 70 and 60 years with a special Mass. We are so blessed to have such wise and holy women among us.
Blessing the new columbarium at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
On Nov. 9, 2019, the new columbarium was blessed and the first cremains interred at Providence Community Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence Associate Heather Tetzlaff Smith was the first person interred in the new columbarium. Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and members of Heather's family gathered for the blessing and iterment.
Providence Associate first commitment and renewal 2019
17 new Providence Associates joined the Providence community Nov. 9, 2019. We welcome these women and men as together we live out a mission of love, mercy and justice.
Spiritual companions in the Woods: Providence Associate candidate orientation 2019
On Saturday, 24 new Providence Associate candidates gathered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Here they met the Sisters of Providence and Providence Associate companions who will walk with them in the coming year. The Oct. 19 orientation day began a year for them to spend time reflecting on their lives and their faith and getting to better know the spirituality and mission of the Sisters of Providence. Enjoy these photos from the day.
HOPE fall 2019 — A matter of hope: the future of religious life
In the fall 2019 issue of HOPE magazine we explore the future of religious life and our hopes for that future.
Sister Delan Ma at ease with God and others
"Just trust God. God will provide. Even tomorrow what will happen we don’t know. Believe there is God. God doesn’t always give happy feelings. But in the end we are looking to eternal life. Cooperate and trust and believe," advises Sister Delan Ma of Taiwan.
Get to know Sister Joni Luna, SP
Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Sister Joni Luna, SP, shares of her search for something that was missing in her life which led her to find first God and then a vocation as a Catholic woman religious (sister).
Photos and fun: Sisters of Providence annual meeting 2019
Since the 1840s when Saint Mother Theodore would call her sisters home to the Woods in the summer, Sisters of Providence have been coming together every summer to reconnect, pray, plan, learn and grow in love. Enjoy these photos from the Sisters of Providence annual meeting June 29-July 4, 2019.